Soil carbon dioxide flux, carbon sequestration and crop productivity in a tropical dryland agroecosystem: Influence of organic inputs of varying resource quality

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-253

  Singh, K P ^a   Ghoshal, Nandita ^a   Singh, Sonu ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Crop root biomass; Dryland agroecosystem; Microbial biomass; Soil CO2 C flux

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; SESBANIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 67649340820     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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